... An Important Herd in the Making Mr. Philip Hill as a Dairy Farmer ONE of the best guarantees of the future of farming in this country-- if indeed any more be needed-- is the way in which so many big men of business have bought land since the war, and have applied business methods to its cul- tivation. Capital has been applied generously towards the purchase of the latest machinery, fertilisers ...

... on. Mieuxce and the Younger French Sires THE notable successes in the past season of the stock of Nearco and, more especially, of Mieuxce', have called attention to the importance attached by British breeders to imported blood from the Continent. We have reason for being very grateful to Mr. Martin Benson and Sir Victor Sassoon for their enterprise in having secured these two stallions for the ...

... AS golfers know, it is a bit of a gamble fixing a friendly golf match in Decem- ber in our climate, and when the cheery captain of the City of Newcastle Golf Club suggested a Red Cross match to me, I think he knew it would be in the lap of the gods, for the all-important weather angle could not be ignored. It was worth a try, anyway, and, in any case, it meant that golfers of the club and ...

... . ., This vigilance His eyes, his ears keep watch on the skies of Britain. These eyes must not falter, these ears must not grow dull they are the vital faculties of our defence. We can't all be in the anti-aircraft services. But we can all bring this vigilance to our own wartime tasks. This is the spirit that is always ready to defend and attack. The spirit that wins through to victory. This ...

... A PLOUGH team on the Berkshire Downs near Aldworth anxious to get home Li- out of the wind. This is true downland country, rolling away for miles and still sparsely inhabited. Most of it to-day is under the plough, except for odd patches of rough grass and bushes where there is hardly an inch of soil on top of the chalk. The Berkshire War Agricultural Executive Committee's tractors have ...

... RUSSIA'S great ally, grim winter, is playing its part in the Red Array's Middle Don offensive. Clothing equipment is as important as tanks, guns or 'planes. The intense cold, however, cuts both ways. Russian wounded need protection against the cold even more urgently than the fighting men. A movement sponsored by the Russian Medi cal Aid Society in Sydney, backed by the leading fur mer chants ...

... cwicf lucrum A FEW weeks after the Japanese successes in Malaya, we drew attention to the serious situation as regards the supply of rubber. That was a year ago. The machinery for creating new supplies and for conserving the old was slow in being set up, and we cannot congratulate anybody on the present situation. The position in the country regarding rubber boots (which are only partly made ...

... Some Advice on Seed Catalogues The Best of the Brassicas By Our Horticultural Correspondent IN selecting vegetables for war time cultiva- tion there are surely two considerations which outweigh all others-- maximum food value and easy to grow; labour shortage does not permit of fussing or coddling. Most exhibitors and a good many judges go all out for size, but size and keeping quality do not ...

... The marriage of Captain Rhydian Llewellyn, W elsh Guards, and Lady Honor Vaughan took place at the Royal Military Chapel, W ellington Barracks, 011 January 2. Captain Llewellyn is the youngest son of the late Sir David Llewellyn, Bt., and of Lady Llewellyn, of St. Fagan's, Glamorgan. His eldest brother, Captain Sir Rhys Llewellyn, also in the Welsh Guards, was best man at the wedding. Lady ...

... WAV OF THE WAR By Foresight Strain THIS is the testing time of Hitler's home front. Will it hold together under the strain of successive and severe military reverses? This is an important question, and the answer is not easy to find. It would be unwise to face it optimistically, for Hitler has never been optimistic about the home front. After the last war he blamed the collapse of the home ...

... AW-51'' Richard Ann and Elizabeth Abel-Smith are the three children of Major Henry and Lady May Abel-Smith and the grandchildren of the Earl of Athlone Governor -General of Canada, and the Countess of Athlone. Lord Athlone is the third son of the late Duke of Teck, and is a brother of Queen Mary. Lady May is his only daughter, and her marriage to Major Abel- Smith took place in 1931. Her ...

... Cannibal Grab Mad Missionary, Converted Negro, Human Sacrifice Dark Deeds, in fact, in The House of Jeffreys Brother Russell's blood-curdler at the Playhouse provides a Grand Guignol orgy for sister Sybil. Scene the respectable publishing office of the Jeffreys family in the 'eighties, complete with portrait of the Bloody Judge himself. Victim of his baneful influence, Georgina Jeffreys ...